Spirituality & Faith / 15 Sep 2021
The Political Science Found In High Holiday Prayers
We Jews pray not only for ourselves, but for the leaders of all countries, that they govern in wisdom, justice, and with compassion.
Spirituality & Faith / 14 Sep 2021
I Found Everything I Need For Yom Kippur In One Episode Of Ted Lasso
How one episode of Ted Lasso helped me find ways to make Yom Kippur more meaningful this year.
Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Grief & Coping, Longform, Longform, News & Politics, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized / 13 Sep 2021
When Grief Turns to Rage – Shabbat Shuvah and 9/11
Leadership also involves compassion for others
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There's More To You Than You Realize / 10 Sep 2021
The English Teacher Who Taught Me How to Hear
Have you listened to yourself recently?
Another Way Of Looking At Things, Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Compassion and Empathy, Compassion for difficulties, Longform, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wisdom Warehouse / 06 Sep 2021
Which World Do You Want To Repair?
Looking beyond ourselves as we think about Tikkun Olam
For Jews, whatever is happening now is also connected to the past; the way we process our lives is always filled with shadows and ghosts of what happened earlier.
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Compassion for difficulties |
July 22, 2021
Reflecting On The Mental Health Of Immigrant Children Like Myself
Immigrant children face unique challenges which can often affect their mental health. ...
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July 16, 2021
Grief, Loss, Communal Mourning, and Tisha b’Av
Grief is something we do well......
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July 15, 2021
Bully Pulpits and Pulpit Bullies
When President Teddy Roosevelt coined the term “Bully Pulpit,” the term “bully” meant “outstanding” or “optimal,” not a pulpit from which one could use their office to bully their audience. New data from Pew Research indicates that a rather high percentage of American Christian religious leaders could take a lesson from the former president when it comes to how they use their own pulpits when addressing political issues. Pastors Often Discussed Election, Pandemic and Racism in Fall of 2020 The polling results, based on the content of sermons offered from the pulpits......
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July 09, 2021
Leadership Lessons and Serving the Servers in The Holy Land
Also by Rabbi Joshua Stanton You are standing in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, the Church of the Nativity looms before you, and you feel like the kid in the Disneyland commercial who says, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to see you.” You are a Christian leader standing in the Western Wall Plaza and discover that you now understand more fully how and why so many Jews attach so deeply to this one spot in particular and to Israel in general, even as you also discover that you, as a Christian, may still feel......
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July 08, 2021
Where Were You When…?
Negative memories change over time......
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Come what may, I will continue to rock my Jewish identity at my neck, determined never to hide who I am....
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Listen To The Names Of The Victims First
A video where Brad Hirschfield lists the victims names in the recent Orlando shooting. Because first we need to internalize a tragedy before we jump to speak.
